Yehuda Almog

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Yehuda Almog
View of the Almog town hall
View of the Kibbutz Almog

Jehuda Kopeliowitsch Almog ( Hebrew יהודה קופילביץ אלמוג, * 1896 in the district municipality of Vilnius of today's Lithuania , Russian Empire as Jehuda Kopeliovič; † 1972 in Israel ) was an Israeli businessman and politician . He was involved in Gdud ha-awoda and the Dead Sea Salt Mine project. Therefore a settlement on the Dead Sea was named after him.

Life

Almog family lived in a Lithuanian Pale of Settlement of the former Russian Empire and he emigrated to the independence of Lithuania in the third aliyah in 1920 after Palestinian one.

Gdud ha-awoda

Almog was a friend and supporter of the Zionist activist and soldier Joseph Trumpeldor . He was engaged in Gdud ha-awoda ( Hebrew גְּדוּד הָעֲבוֹדָה, Labor corps ) and in the Gdud ha-avoda ve-ha-hagana al schem Josef Trumpeldor ( Hebrew גְּדוּד הָעֲבוֹדָה וההֲגַנָּה על־שם יוסף טרומפלדור; Joseph Trumpeldor Labor and Defense Battalion ). During this time he also changed his surname Kopeliovič to the Hebrew surname Almog.

Dead Sea salt mine project

In the 1930s Almog was one of the founders of the kibbutz Beit HaArava, a workers' settlement for the Dead Sea Works . He later took part in the exploration, settlement and development of the Dead Sea region. He helped found the Palestine Potash Company and was the first mayor of the Tamar area .

Commemoration

The Jewish settlement Almog ( Megilot regional administration ) on the north coast of the Dead Sea is named after him.

literature

  • Finding our fathers: a guidebook to Jewish genealogy By Dan Rottenberg [online]. Google Books, [cit. May 18, 2011]. on-line
  • אלמוג (קופילביץ), יהודה [online]. Bet Alon, [cit. May 18, 2011]. on-line
  • GEDUD HA-AVODAH [online]. Jewish Virtual Library, [cit. May 18, 2011]. on-line
  • Israel: Secret Defense Ministry Database Reveals Full Settlement Construction [online]. Fas.org Open Source Center, [cit. November 16, 2009]. online (PDF; 855 kB)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Books.google.com Finding our fathers: a guidebook to Jewish genealogy By Dan Rottenberg ( English ). Google Books, May 18, 2011 (accessed October 13, 2013).
  2. ↑ a b c d e GEDUD HA-AVODAH ( English ) Jewish Virtual Library. May 18, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
  3. ↑ a b Bet Alon: אלמוג (קופילביץ) יהודה ( Hebrew ) on May 18, 2011. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Information: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 13, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bet-alon.co.il
  4. ↑ Israel: Secret Defense Ministry Database Reveals Full Settlement Construction ( English , PDF; 855 kB) Fas.org Open Source Center. November 16, 2009. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Almog, Yehuda
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kopeliowitsch Almog, Jehuda (full name); Almog, Yehuda (different spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Israeli politician and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Rajongemeinde Vilnius , today's Lithuania , Russian Empire
DATE OF DEATH 1972
Place of death Israel